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CARRIAGE GEAR. No. 464,050. Patented Dec. 1, 1891.

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GEORGE VTROMBLY AND JOSEPH J. KIN SMAN, OF TAMPA, FLORIDA.

CARRIAGE-G EAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,050, dated December1, 1891.

Application iiled J une 9, 1891.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE TROMBLY and JOSEPH J. KINSMAN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Tampa, in the county of Hillsborough andState of Florida, have invented a new and useful Carriage-Gear, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to carriages and wagons, and more especially tothe runninggear thereof; and the object of the same is to provide animproved doubled and crossed perch connecting the axles.

To this end the invention consists in devices of this character of thespecific construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, andas illustrated on the two accompanying sheets of drawings, wherein-Figure lis a side elevation of a side-bar buggy constructed inaccordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the two axlesand the perches connecting them. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of theinner, and Figi of the outer, perch. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of theend of one perch with its attachingclip. Fig. 6 is an elevation of oneaxle, showing the means for attaching the side bars to the springthereon. Fig. 7 is a perspective detail, on an enlarged scale, of theend of one side bar, showing the manner of attaching the spring thereto.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter A designates the outer, and Bthe inner, perch, each of which comprises awooden body faced on its.upper and lower edges with metallic straps Z, secured thereon by boltsI, the outer perch being slightly thicker than the inner and having aportion of its Wooden body omitted near its center, as at O, throughwhich portion the inner perch B passes, thus forming an X-shaped figure,as seen in Fig. 2.

X X are the axles, over which near their ends pass ordinary clips D,having projections cl on their inner sides, and over these projectionsthe ends of the metallic facings Z of the several axles are passed,asshown, vertical pivot-bolts F passing therethrough. By this constructionit will be seen that as the right end of the axle is borne to the rearthe left end of the other axle will be similarly moved, and the oppositeends of these axles will move in the opposite directions.

E E are plates secured by clips H upon the Serial No. 395,699. (Nomodel.)

centers of the axles, and which form the lower members of fifth-wheels,it being understood that each axle has such a fifth-wheel, and G G arethe king-bolts passing through these plates and through the holsters O.

S are the springs secured upon the holsters in any preferred manner, andthese springs may support the wagon-body direct, or, as seen in Fig. G,they may support side bars, which carry the wagon-body W. In the lattercase each end of the spring is provided with an eye c', to which ispivoted the end of a clevis, whose body engages another clevis, andthereby forms a swinging shackle J, the lower end of the lower clevisstanding astride the side bar L, and being pivoted, as at M, to a plateK, secured to the lower face of the side bar L.

In use the pole or the thills are connected to the front axle at pointsY, and the vehicle is drawn over the ground. As this axle is turned onits king-bolt the' other axle is turned in the opposite directionthrough the instrumentality of the crossed perches, the metallicfacing-straps Z of the inner perch B sliding against the inner faces ofthe similar straps -of the outer perch A and passing through the openingO, as will be understood, whereby undue wear of the parts is prevented.The pivot-bolts F permit the ends of the perches to turn on theprojections d of the clips D near the ends of the axles, and theking-bolts and fifth-wheels permit the axles to turn beneath thesprings, as may be necessary; but in turning to so great an extent aconsiderable movement will be imparted to the springs around theirking-bolts, and this the swinging shackles J permit. They also permitslight longitudinal and transverse movements ot' the wagon-body W on therunning-gear, while they do not interfere with the cushioning action ofthe springs.

The device is simple and inexpensive in construction, and it willinvolve but slight additional labor and outlay to apply it to vehiclesin the course of their manufacture.

What is claimed as new is In a vehicle, the combination, with the axles,abolster pivotally mounted on the center of each axle, and a springcarried thereby and having eyes at its ends, of a clevis pivotallymounted in each of said eyes and de- IOO pending therefrom, anotherolevis linked into as our own We have hereto affixed our signa.- thefirst, side bars passing loosely through the tures in presence of twoWitnesses. lower olevises, plates on the lower faces of l[he side barspivotally connected with the lower GEORGE TRGMBLY. 5 olevises, and LWagon-body supported by the JOSEPH J. KINSMAN.

side bars, substantially as hereinbefore de- Witnesses:

scribed. GEORGE R. MAGFARLANE,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing D. S. B'IACFARLANE.

